Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 5, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Danny Loos and Tarzan White b. George Bruckman and Ivan Jones
(2-0) … George Craig and Eddie Paquette drew (45:00) … Jim Henry b. Ivan Mikaloff
(Mikaloff was a substitute for Vern Pugh) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 12, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Eddie Paquette vs. George Bruckman (Paquette was billed locally as
the Rocky Mountain Champion, but he lost the title prior to his appearance in Colorado
Springs) … George Craig vs. Danny Loos … Ivan Mikaloff vs. ? … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 19, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Eddie Paquette b. Joe Millich (2/3) … Violet Viann b. Mae Weston
(2/3) … Danny Loos b. George Bruckman … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 26, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Joe Millich b. Eddie Paquette (2-0) … Ellen Olson and Violet Viann b.
Lillian Ellison and Mae Weston … George Craig b. Neil Warren … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 2, 1949
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Joe Millich b. The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and
Chris Zaharias?) (2/3) … Eddie Paquette b. Neil Warren … Benny Fernandez b. Ivan
Mikaloff … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 9, 1949
(City Auditorium) … The Golden Terror and The Terror b. George Craig and Joe Millich (2-
0) … Lone Wolf b. Eddie Paquette (2-0) (Paquette was billed as the French-Canadian
Champion) (Lone Wolf  was billed as Chief Little Wolf’s brother) … Benny Fernandez b.
Ivan Mikaloff … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 2, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Jim Kennedy
(2/3) … Sing Sing Talun b. The Golden Terror (DQ) … Jim Wright b. George Craig …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 9, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Ray Duran (2/3)
(Duran was billed as the Mexican Champion) … Fred Wright b. Danny Loos (2-0) (Wright
was billed as “Jim” Wright from Nebraska) … Sing Sing Talun b. Ivan Mikaloff …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 16, 1949
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Joe Millich b. Ray Duran and Fred Wright (2/3) …
Danny Loos b. Tiny Porter (2/3) … Taro Ito b. Benny Fernandez … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 23, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Primo Carnera b. Joe Millich (2/3) (Millich won the first fall, Carnera
won the second and third straight) … Ray Duran b. George Craig … Sing Sing Talun and
Fred Wright drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)
Notes:  Carnera was reportedly on his second "swing around the nation in an attempt to
down all regional title holders in order to cement his claim to the national title." Carnera
was still undefeated.  Carnera was managed by Joe "Toots" Mondt.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 30, 1949
(City Auditorium) … The Blimp b. Sing Sing Talun (2-0) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight
Champion Joe Millich and Ray Duran drew (1-1) … Danny Loos b. Chief Lone Wolf (Wolf
was a substitute for Fred Wright) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Pat McGill)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, April 6, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Ray Duran b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Lillian Ellison b. Therese Theis
… The Black Panther b. Chief Lone Wolf (Wolf was a substitute for Tiny Porter) (Panther
was billed as being from Chicago) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, April 19, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Gorgeous George b. Ray Duran (2/3) (Duran won the first fall,
George won the second and third straight) … The Black Panther and Joe Millich drew
(Millich was a substitute for Howard Cantonwine) … Daniel Boone b. Taro Ito (Ito was a
substitute for Chris Zaharias) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, April 27, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Joe Millich b. The Black Panther (Panther was injured in the match
and unable to continue) (-Millich was also seemingly hurt, but he revived enough to win
the match) (Panther was from Chicago – Jack Claybourne) … Taro Ito and Danny Loos b.
Daniel Boone and Ray Duran … Ivan Mikaloff b. The Blimp (6:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 4, 1949
(City Auditorium) … The Black Panther b. Joe Millich (2-0) … Taro Ito and Danny Loos b.
Daniel Boone and Vern Pugh … Tony Charney b. Albert Solia … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 11, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Ed Virag b. The Black Panther (2/3) (Virag won the first fall, Panther
won the second, Virag won the third) … Danny Loos and Joe Millich b. Jack Conley and
Ivan Mikaloff … Taro Ito b. Daniel Boone … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 18, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Danny Loos and Joe Millich b. Ivan Mikaloff and Ed Virag (2/3) … Taro
Ito b. Benny Fernandez … The Black Panther b. Taro Ito (2-0) (Ito was a substitute for
Bobby Wayne) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 25, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Ed Virag b. Stan Karolyi, scoring one-fall within the time-limit (Karolyi
was billed as the European Heavyweight Champion) (Virag beat Karolyi in 43-minutes) …
The French Angel (Maurice Tillet) b. The Black Panther (16:00) … Danny Dusek and
Danny Loos drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, June 1, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Tony Galento and Danny Loos b. Ernie Dusek and Ivan Mikaloff (2/3)
… The Black Panther b. Kostas Davelis (DQ) … Taro Ito and Ivan Jones drew (20:00) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 21, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Johnny Swenski b. Earl Wampler (2/3) … Rosita Morales b. Shirley
Strimple … Nell Stewart b. Lillian Ellison … Ray Duran and Chris Zaharias drew …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (season opener)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 28, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Johnny Swenski b. Chris Zaharias (2-0) … Rosita Morales b. Nell
Stewart (2/3) … Shirley Strimple b. Lillian Ellison … Ray Duran and Earl Wampler drew (20:
00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 12, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Johnny Swenski and Tarzan White b. Ray Duran and Chris Zaharias
(2/3) … Emir Badui b. Garza Lozano (2-0) … The Black Panther and Danny Loos drew (20:
00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 19, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Ginger the wrestling bear b. Chris Zaharias (5:00) … Emir Badui b.
Johnny Swenski … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, October 28, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Bad Boy Brown vs. Emir Badui (Brown was billed as being from Polo,
Missouri) … Ginger the wrestling bear vs. Ray Duran and Chris Zaharias (Ginger was
accompanied by her trainer Les Welch) … Jimmy Ray vs. Johnny Swenski … (promoter:  
Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 9, 1949
(City Auditorium) … The Black Panther and Danny Loos b. Bad Boy Brown and Chris
Zaharias … June Byers b. Violet Viann (2/3) … Ray Duran and Bob Stafford drew (30:00)
… (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 16, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Bad Boy Brown and Chris Zaharias b. Ray Duran and Danny Loos
(2/3) … The Swedish Angel b. Benny Fernandez (2-0) … Mr. America b. Jimmy Ray …
(promoter:  Abe Maylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 23, 1949
(City Auditorium) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) vs. Danny Loos
and Mr. America (Mr. America was billed as being from Salt Lake City) … Bad Boy Brown
vs. Ray Duran … Benny Fernandez vs. Paul Stafford … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 30, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Bad Boy Brown b. Babe Zaharias … Mr. America b. Ray Duran … Bad
Boy Brown and Mr. America b. The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) (Danny
Loos failed to appear) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 7, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Mr. America b. Ted “King Kong” Cox (DQ) (Four police officers
removed Cox from the ring after the wild match) (Cox knocked out both the referee and his
opponent) … Lefty Pacer b. Bad Boy Brown (DQ) … Chief Lone Wolf and Benny
Fernandez drew … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Bob Sauer)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 13, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Ted “King Kong” Cox b. Lefty Pacer … Women’s World Champion
Mildred Burke b. June Byers (2-0) … Benny Fernandez b. Bad Boy Brown … (promoter:  
Abe Marylander)

*Colorado Springs promoter Abe Marylander cancelled his Wednesday, December 21
show at the City Auditorium because of an injury to main event wrestler Ted “King Kong”
Cox.  Cox suffered the serious injury on Monday night.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 28, 1949
(City Auditorium) … Bad Boy Brown and Lefty Pacer b. Jim “Goon” Henry and Mr. America
(2-0) … The Black Panther b. Benny Fernandez (2-0) (Fernandez was a substitute for
Danny Loos, who was sick and unable to compete) … Tex Bodine and Paul Stafford drew
… (promoter:  Abe Marylander)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 11, 2007
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1949